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		<title>Thanking the Academy, Part Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It turns out, I was nominated for not just one but TWO awards by the amazing Sheila of ThisOneBody. This is my chance to thank her and to recognize some other great bloggers out there. The rules of this nomination are: Nominees, in order to accept this award you must: -Thank and link back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanking The Academy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Versatile: ver-sa-tile [vur-suh-tl] or, especially British, [vur-suh-tahyl]: capable of, or adapted for, turning easily from one to another various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer. Word information source: www.dictionary.com Here is how the award works: 1. You thank the person who presented you with the award. 2. You tell 7 things about yourself. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheater Cheater</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have unofficially decided to participate in NanoBlogMo (I&#8217;m not sure of the official name; that is how unofficially I am participating.) Basically, I am trying to post every WEEKday in November with a few weekend posts as a bonus. It is as close as I can get to Nanowrimo, which is an insane plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ghost Story</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2011/10/25/ghost-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a hard time thinking of a good ghost story. I know a few, but they aren&#8217;t my stories to tell. For instance, there is the story about my cousins&#8217; haunted house or my dad&#8217;s idea that ghost activity is really just a function of someone&#8217;s brain &#8212; that we don&#8217;t know enough yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Computing?</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2011/10/25/creative-computing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I asked my English students to write about whether they would want to attend a technology-free school. It was a prompt I heard this morning as I was getting ready for work. It is today&#8217;s feedback question for 9and10news.com. My immediate reaction is that I wouldn&#8217;t want to attend a tech-free school. I rely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Writers</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2011/10/07/for-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the following articles were originally written for journalists, especially new journalists or those working at small town newspapers. They first appeared at a site Linda once maintained, SmallTownPress. Linda also uses the articles in her journalism course. If you&#8217;d like to use any of these articles for something more than your personal information, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging Blame?</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2011/02/17/blogging-blame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A high school teacher made the national news after her personal blog was outed by her students and/or parents of her students. Although the teacher kept her identity hidden and never mentioned the school or students by name, she did write blogs where she criticized her students. The school suspended the teacher while it investigated. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Kreativity</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2010/10/11/kindle-kreativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my Kindle arrived in the mail, covers for the newest version were not yet available. I was worried about protecting my Kindle especially when I carry it in my work bag, so I started Googling &#8220;Kindle covers.&#8221; I found a lot of great information at mobilread.com and in the discussion forums at Amazon.com. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Descriptive Details</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2010/10/05/descriptive-details/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my English classes today, we worked on descriptive writing. We discussed the difference between objective and subjective description and Stephen King&#8217;s quote, &#8220;Sparse description leaves the reader feeling bewildered and nearsighted. Over description buries him or her in details and images. The trick is to find a happy medium.&#8221; While my students wrote, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broke-e-did</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2010/08/03/broke-e-did/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And hopefully, it will soon be fix-e-did. My laptop. The one that my son spilled water on last December, and I bought a replacement keyboard that still didn&#8217;t work, so I used an external keyboard because it was the middle of a semester, and I could NOT switch computers. And then the power cord died, [...]]]></description>
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